57. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



By permission of Mr. Fredk. Townsend we have compiled the following 

 short account of the British segregates from his 'Monograph of the 

 British Species of Euphrasia ' and we are further indebted to him for 

 kindly revising the MS. H. & J. G. 



* Parviflora. L. not more than twice as long as broad, usually much 

 less. Cor.-tube not lengthening after the fl. opens. 



f Fl. from 6-10 mm. in length. 



1. IE. strict' a (Host) ; st. usually branched below with few branches 

 eglandular, 1. nearly or quite glabrous, cauline ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 about double as long as broad with 6-10 awned teeth, floral suberect ovate 

 very acute with shortly-cuneate base broader than the cauline with 8-14 

 long-awned or sometimes only acute teeth, lower 1. deciduous, spike much 

 lengthening in fr., cal. glabrous or with minute hairs with lanceolate- 

 acuminate awned teeth not accrescent, cor. large usually pale violet 

 rarely blue or white, lobes of upper lip denticulate rarely bilobate, fr. 

 cunea'te-obovate truncate or subemarginate ciliate with surface hairy or 

 nearly glabrous falling short of the cal.-teeth. Widely distributed. E.S.I. 



2. 13. boredlis (Towns.) ; st. stout simple or branched below eglandu- 

 lar, 1. erect-patent subglabrous or more or less setose, cauline ovate obtuse 

 with 6-10 obtuse (or the lowest somewhat acute) teeth, floral broadly 

 ovate with 6-10 acute sometimes shortty-awned or occasionally obtuse 

 teeth, spike usually dense, cal. subglabrous with triangular-lanceolate 

 acuminate teetli more or less accrescent, cor. large white or violet or with 

 upper lip violet and under white, lobes of upper lip reflexed emarginate or 

 denticulate, fr. elliptic or oblong attenuate below emarginate ciliate with 

 the surface almost glabrous about equalling the cal.-teeth. Widely 

 distributed. E. S. I. 



3. E.brevipila (Burn. & Grem.); st. usually branched below eglandular, 

 1. with short glandular hairs, cauline ovate or ovate-oblong acute or obtuse 

 with 6-10 obtuse acute or even awned teeth, floral ovate with shortly- 

 cuneate base broader and shorter than the cauline with 8-14 awned or 

 acuminate teeth, spike becoming much elongated, cal. with short glandu- 

 lar hairs and triangular lanceolate teeth not or but slightly accrescent, 

 cor. large pale violet bluish or white, lobes of upper lip emarginate or 

 entire and denticulate, fr. oblong or cuneate-obovate truncate or emar- 

 ginate strongly ciliate with surface hairy or glabrous equalling or 

 exceeding the cal.-teeth. Widely distributed, principally in grazing 

 pastures. E. S. I. 



ft Fl. from 4-7 mm. in length. 



4. IS. nemorosa (H. v. Mart.) ; st. stout eglandular much branched, 

 branches often again branched, 1. dull green plicate beneath; glabrous 

 patent arcuate, cauline ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute with 8-14 acute 

 scarcely awned teeth, floral patent or recurved ovate broader and shorter 

 than the cauline with 8-12 very acute or shortly-awned teeth, spike 

 becoming elongated, cal. nearly glabrous with triangular or triangular- 

 lanceolate teeth becoming somewhat inflated, cor. small white or bluish 



